Bioware General (Mass Effect/Dragon Age/Other)

[TheodoricFriede]

Okay...

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... is my dixlessia making me miss things, or there's no mention of finding/rescuing the Turian Ark in that list? That's... worrying...

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Singleplayer DLC confirmed!

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You know what? I could totally see that happen. "Oh yes... the ark that carries that huge fan-favorite race that is not asari or krogan? Pay us 20 extra bucks if you want to find out what happened to it!"

I seriously dont see any of that happening.

Like i said, thats probably part of the tutorial/early game missions.

[Alienmorph]

Considering...

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That one of the main NPCs is a Garrus wannabee that seems to be very concerned about the state of the Turian Ark, I wouldn't rule out anything.

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWzWpSYQEsM

[Dragaros]

[Dragaros]

[Dragaros]

[Croatsky]

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With only two arks confirmed to be docked and with PS4 trophies out, we can easily say it is confirmed that:

1. Human Hyperion Ark isn't only ark that arrives late, in fact it seems only Nexus Station comes in time.
2. Salarian Ark is also probably as late as human Hyperion Ark and is most likely saved by Ryder in main plot mission.
3. Asari Ark crashed and can be saved. Most likely saved through Cora's loyalty mission. Hard to guess is Asari Ark late or came on time but nobody could located it until much later.
4. Turian Ark that also houses Quarian colonists is missing, probably even more late then the rest of Arks. Highly likely a DLC.
5. It is also said more Arks are planned to come too later on. So other species will arrive, but who and when is a wild guess.

Still unknown will we need to wait til DLC to see Quarians. Afterall, there is nothing to say that some Quarians were not on Nexus Station.

[TheodoricFriede]

Whatever. We find out in a couple weeks

If i can have sex with the turian lady, all is forgiven.

[Croatsky]

Whatever. We find out in a couple weeks

If i can have sex with the turian lady, all is forgiven.

Answer is a yes on that one.

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Maybe a yes for both Ryder's.

[TheodoricFriede]

Whatever. We find out in a couple weeks

If i can have sex with the turian lady, all is forgiven.

Answer is a yes on that one.

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Maybe a yes for both Ryder's.

EXPLAIN.

Sight a goddamned source.

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Uh, please.

[Croatsky]

EXPLAIN.

Sight a goddamned source.

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Uh, please.

Mike Gamble dropped a pretty major hint a month ago.
https://twitter.com/GambleMike/status/832774422423441408

Also there was a kinda reliable leak 2 weeks ago saying

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Vetra is bisexual.

[TheodoricFriede]

The Gamble thing is what it is. But that doesnt confirm who can romance her.

Who was the leak from? Hows is it so "reliable"?

[Croatsky]

The Gamble thing is what it is. But that doesnt confirm who can romance her.

Who was the leak from? Hows is it so "reliable"?

It came from BSN from a user who has a friend who's friend works at Bioware. Leak got credibility because days after it was correct on who is writing a character Suvi. Nobody knew that writer even worked for Bioware at the time either, so there's that.

But yeah, you can't trust leaks fully really. From what there is, Vetra is promising to be a romance options

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for everyone. Also all three voices actors, for Vetra, Scott and Sara Ryder, dropped big hints too that Vetra is going to both.
But I'm sure Theo you'll get to stick your dick inside Vetra, like all of us here.

[Vol]

First encounter with Cerberus in the series: Rogue commandos, placed a beacon in a Thresher Maw nest to attract Alliance ships, and had rachni, Thorian creepers, and executed Admiral Kohaku.

So they were somewhat more competent in ME1.

[Someone With Mass]

I just hope they're not pulling another Javik with those story points.

[Croatsky]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGG1zbjbBaM

Launch trailer will also be released tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/839883527227322368

[Someone With Mass]

Launch trailer will also be released tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/839883527227322368

Well, there goes one of the arks.

[Croatsky]

Launch trailer will also be released tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/839883527227322368

Well, there goes one of the arks.

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Asari Ark, 100%!

[TTTX]

Well, there goes one of the arks.

probably the human one considering the first 13 minutes we of the start of the game from ign.

[Croatsky]

Well, there goes one of the arks.

probably the human one considering the first 13 minutes we of the start of the game from ign.

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No, not really. Hyperion Ark docks with the Nexus station as we seen in IGN's video on Nexus. There is no way Ark could be repaired and brought back to Nexus after crashing on Habitat 7/New Earth so early in the game.

[HellBovine]

Have they explained yet how the ark ships were designed to be able to travel for 600 years without cooking everyone inside?

I recall that FTL travel required that the ships stop in a planet's magnetic field to discharge. I'm guessing that detail has been handwaved away?

[Someone With Mass]

Have they explained yet how the ark ships were designed to be able to travel for 600 years without cooking everyone inside?

I recall that FTL travel required that the ships stop in a planet's magnetic field to discharge. I'm guessing that detail has been handwaved away?

Apparently, they developed some technology that allows the arks to make use of that energy buildup instead of having to discharge it.

[Mazder]

Have they explained yet how the ark ships were designed to be able to travel for 600 years without cooking everyone inside?

I recall that FTL travel required that the ships stop in a planet's magnetic field to discharge. I'm guessing that detail has been handwaved away?

Apparently, they developed some technology that allows the arks to make use of that energy buildup instead of having to discharge it.

That sounds like a very useful technology to have in the Milky Way.
I hope they left an example behind.

[TheodoricFriede]

This is why they should have just done a reboot.

So much about that doesn't make sense.

[DarkStorm]

A lot of lore has been butchered from the previous games so buckle up son.

[TheodoricFriede]

Whatever.

I have already made it clear what my forgiveness threshold it.

[Someone With Mass]

I mean, it's probably possible to practically use the energy that's building up in the core, but then they'll have to use up even more energy to balance it out unless they want to be cooked. I can't really see how that's supposed to be done when the ark is just doing FTL jumps and everyone is in cryopods.

[Dragaros]

Have they explained yet how the ark ships were designed to be able to travel for 600 years without cooking everyone inside?

I recall that FTL travel required that the ships stop in a planet's magnetic field to discharge. I'm guessing that detail has been handwaved away?

They did address that issue somewhat; its either on the website or in one of the Nexus/Ark videos; I can't recall at the moment.

The Arks have a unique FTL drive that somehow captures and recycles the static energy that would otherwise build up and destroy a normal ship unless discharged, bypassing the normal range limitation.

Since it was noted in ME3 the Reapers were immune to such buildup, perhaps we're meant to take it that the Andromeda Initiative secretly reverse-engineered it from Sovereign's remains and choose not to share it with anyone. Unlike the Thannix Cannon, which everyone in Citadel space ended up acquiring.

Presumably ME:A's codex will give a proper and more detailed explanation.

[Dragaros]

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[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XrEOpEY2_Y

[Dragaros]

"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher of the quarian booty. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the butt of Tali. I pledge my life and honor to DAT ASS, for this night and all the nights to come."

[Vol]

How fucking high are some of these Charm checks? I couldn't make the one with the Exogeni people on Feros, despite being well overleveled, and having maxed out available Charm points.

[TTTX]

How fucking high are some of these Charm checks? I couldn't make the one with the Exogeni people on Feros, despite being well overleveled, and having maxed out available Charm points.

you also need to fill up your paragon or renegade bare.

[Mazder]

*statue snips*
"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher of the quarian booty. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the butt of Tali. I pledge my life and honor to DAT ASS, for this night and all the nights to come."

Fuck it, I'm going to see if I can get myself one of those.
Expensive, probably should save up for new stuff instead that is more useful but I feel like shit today and I need to get myself something nice.

[Someone With Mass]

How fucking high are some of these Charm checks? I couldn't make the one with the Exogeni people on Feros, despite being well overleveled, and having maxed out available Charm points.

I remember using the Paragon exploit on Noveria when talking to Lorik that made it possible to fill out the bar by recycling the same dialogue over and over. Sure, it's cheap, but so is the whole Paragon/Renegade thing.

[Vol]

Oh. Well. Haven't touched ME1 since 2009. Thanks, TX.

@SWM: I'll probably do that, depending on how much I rack up by then. I'm all about maxxing speech skills.

[TheodoricFriede]

How fucking high are some of these Charm checks? I couldn't make the one with the Exogeni people on Feros, despite being well overleveled, and having maxed out available Charm points.

Thats also one of the hardest checks in the entire game, and those checks scale depending on your level.

That one is actually easier early game.

[Dragaros]

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YcyToC6eAg

[Vol]

VEGETA?!

[Mazder]

*snip*

VEGETA?![/quote]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsC6woRiWS0

[Someone With Mass]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6PJEmEHIaY

[Croatsky]

Woot! I just got home from doing errands and trailer got released as I sat in front of my PC.

[Vol]

Thats also one of the hardest checks in the entire game, and those checks scale depending on your level.

That one is actually easier early game.

Huh. I could have sworn I used to pass it easily in the past, but I'm pretty sure I didn't clean sweep the available uncharted planets before doing Feros then. Whoops!

Woot! I just got home from doing errands and trailer got released as I sat in front of my PC.

Well, modern trailer design aside, it looks pretty cool. Not much new, beyond putting the D in the P-B, but hey. At the end, it notes that it was in 4k resolution, so it's quite pretty.

6 days until the EA Access people get it. I'll start the Spoiler Thread then, unless someone beats me to it.

[HellBovine]

Passable trailer, but doesn't have the same effect as ME2 and ME3 trailers did for me.

The two steps from hell music really made those old ones feel more epic.

[Someone With Mass]

Passable trailer, but doesn't have the same effect as ME2 and ME3 trailers did for me.

The two steps from hell music really made those old ones feel more epic.

Shit, they could might as well have gone with Don't Stop Believing by Journey and I would have found it more fitting.

Also, I don't know if it was confirmed before, but apparently all the habitats are nonviable. If it turns out to be the kett, I'd say that they're almost surpassing the batarians in being the epitome of the word "douchebag".

[Vol]

I'm not wild about the ACTION and EXPLOSIONS focus trailers do, since I don't give much of a fuck about action for the sake of action. I wanna see a trailer of Ryder and Vetra drinking tea and talking about tariffs between the turian and krogan golden worlds. The good stuff.

[Vol]

https://www.twitch.tv/twitch

Supposed to stream some ME4 in 10 minutes.

[Croatsky]

Stream started!

[TTTX]

I didn't like the music in this trailer, terrible choice of a song, but overall not bad.

a few things I noticed

Peebee have been confirmed romanced for male Ryder (and most likely both) which we all knew, but now it's confirmed.

Giant Kett kind of creature probably explains those bones Drak carries on his armor, but that looked like a modified krogan.